A family of five move from Australia to Argentina trying to blend in like locals. The kids are learning Spanish, he's teaching English and she's doing a psychology degree. Sounds like fun to me.

Monday, 10 July 2017

The day after the 9th of July.

WhatsApp is the main form of
communication here.People on motorbikes
send voice messages, old ladies in the supermarket text at the speed of light,
our water man sends us a message every Sunday night and the kids in high school
place it at greater importance than the respiratory system.We knew Depp had to take some item of
clothing to school today but didn’t know what.A quick plea for clarification on WhatsApp resulted in pictures of neck
kerchiefs, like the gauchos used to wear.The easiest way to describe a gaucho is like a cowboy but I think they
are held in higher regard with a slightly mystical ability above the average
cowboy.

All the children here have a great
reservoir of traditional costumes for just such an occasion. We however do not. We rummaged through the tea towels until we
found something that was suitable. Depp
was quite pleased with his gaucho pañuelo.
The kinders performed traditional dances, talked about independence and
showed some of the traditional toys that children used to play with. This was also a chance to see some of the
things that Depp has been learning. He’s
now an expert on giraffes in both English and Spanish.

FYI Depp's giraffe is the only visible drawing

Truce had her English Open Class
today and her class has been learning about volcanoes. The children gave a very scientific
explanation of how volcanoes are formed, the different types of volcanoes and
used some bicarb and coke a cola to create some mini eruptions in the
classroom. Unfortunately I was teaching over
in the high school during Truce’s open class but Talluah was well enough thanks to a lift into school so she could watch the
performance.